Decipher.com contests

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Hoth Contest, November 1996.
The Dagobah Contest, March 1997.

Decipher.com ran online contests for the Star Wars CCG from 1996, including daily card-title puzzles, website Easter egg hunts and fan design contests.

Hoth Contest (1996)

The 1996 Hoth Contest posted a daily anagram of a preview card's title.[1] A wind sound file played on the contest page.

Recovered daily pages include:

Card Anagram Winner
Snowtrooper Officer Coffee On Or Worst Rip Andrew Atkinson, Leeds[2]
Tauntaun Handler Nut Thread Annual Kenny Ho, Yorba Linda, California[3]
Snowspeeder Dense Powers Mikkel Kroeigaard, Denmark[4]
Death Mark Dark Thema Charles Lund, Coral Gables, Florida[5]
Hoth: Wampa Cave OW A Cheap TV Ham Kevin Spisak, Beaverton, Oregon[6]

Easter Egg Hunt (1997)

The What's New area (/new/) ran the Decipher Easter Egg Hunt, with one egg hidden on the website each weekday from 21 to 31 March 1997.[7] The Hoth Easter egg hunt closed on 19 December 1997 with two eggs never found.[8]

Dagobah Contest (1997)

Puzzle 1 contest page, March 1997.

The March 1997 Dagobah Contest posted five card-title puzzles of preview Dagobah cards.[9] Each contest page was a JPEG of four fragments of the card art and blanks for the title. Decipher added one letter a day to that JPEG.[10] Players mailed the completed title to Decipher.

After each puzzle closed, Decipher posted a solution page with a Shockwave 4-by-6 sliding-tile puzzle of the full card, including the printed title. A GIF of the card was offered for players without Shockwave.[11][12] The title also appeared as HTML under the movie. A 2026 recreation of the five title puzzles and their sliding puzzles is at the Dagobah Contest puzzles.

Each puzzle awarded a display box of white-border Premiere packs to the first correct entry and another to a random draw from the remaining correct entries.[9] Scott Randel of Riverside, California won the bonus prize, a display box of Dagobah, for a Puzzle Four entry mailed the morning of 17 March.[9]

Puzzle Card Dates First-correct Random draw Correct entries
1 What Is Thy Bidding, My Master? 11–17 March 1997[10] Jeff McRae[11] Jan Siwanowicz[11] 933[11]
2 Found Someone You Have 12–18 March 1997[13] Tim Collins[14] Werlindo Mangrobang[14] 1,074[14]
3 Shut Him Up Or Shut Him Down 13–19 March 1997[15] Matt Hankinson[16] Christine McGowan[16] 1,177[16]
4 Wars Not Make One Great 14–20 March 1997[17] Robert Frost[18] David Cox[18] 1,040[18]
5 Never Tell Me The Odds 17–21 March 1997[19] Charles Lee[20] Jon Woodland[20] 1,008[20]
  • Puzzle 1 contest page, March 1997.
    Puzzle 1 contest page, March 1997.
  • Puzzle 2 contest page, March 1997.
    Puzzle 2 contest page, March 1997.
  • Puzzle 3 contest page, March 1997.
    Puzzle 3 contest page, March 1997.
  • Puzzle 4 contest page, March 1997.
    Puzzle 4 contest page, March 1997.
  • Puzzle 5 contest page, March 1997.
    Puzzle 5 contest page, March 1997.
  • Puzzle 1, March 1997.
    Puzzle 1, March 1997.
  • Puzzle 2, March 1997.
    Puzzle 2, March 1997.
  • Puzzle 3, March 1997.
    Puzzle 3, March 1997.
  • Puzzle 4, March 1997.
    Puzzle 4, March 1997.
  • Puzzle 5, March 1997.
    Puzzle 5, March 1997.
  • Shockwave puzzle 1, March 1997.
    Shockwave puzzle 1, March 1997.
  • Shockwave puzzle 2, March 1997.
    Shockwave puzzle 2, March 1997.
  • Shockwave puzzle 3, March 1997.
    Shockwave puzzle 3, March 1997.
  • Shockwave puzzle 4, March 1997.
    Shockwave puzzle 4, March 1997.
  • Shockwave puzzle 5, March 1997.
    Shockwave puzzle 5, March 1997.
  • Get Shockwave badge, March 1997.
    Get Shockwave badge, March 1997.
  • Puzzle 1, What Is Thy Bidding, My Master?, 1997.
    Puzzle 1, What Is Thy Bidding, My Master?, 1997.
  • Puzzle 2, Found Someone You Have, 1997.
    Puzzle 2, Found Someone You Have, 1997.
  • Puzzle 3, Shut Him Up Or Shut Him Down, 1997.
    Puzzle 3, Shut Him Up Or Shut Him Down, 1997.
  • Puzzle 4, Wars Not Make One Great, 1997.
    Puzzle 4, Wars Not Make One Great, 1997.
  • Puzzle 5, Never Tell Me The Odds, 1997.
    Puzzle 5, Never Tell Me The Odds, 1997.

Design a Card (1997)

Design a Card contest, 1997.

A Design a Card contest for Special Edition opened with a site announcement on 3 February 1997 and closed on 14 April 1997. Entries had to include a name, type, destiny, lore, values, game text and an image suggestion. One entry per person. The winner was to be announced in May 1997 and would receive a display box of Special Edition. The winner would not be named on the card.[21]

On 23 May 1997 Decipher named Guy Kargl of Tulsa, Oklahoma the winner. His design was S-foils. Judges reviewed more than 1,000 entries. Rebel Base Leader Tom Lischke said the hardest part was narrowing that field to 12. Kargl received a display box of Special Edition. Eleven finalists each received two booster packs.[22]

Name Location
Sam Lee Kaysville, Utah
Toby Bengelsdorf Port Washington, New York
Kevin Allen San Antonio, Texas
Waldemar Brambilla Jr. Sao Paulo, Brazil
Joel Tepley Lenexa, Kansas
Ben Weiner
Nik Church Juneau, Alaska
Brian Franzman La Puente, California
Paul Klein Woodstock, Illinois
Jeff McRae Fulton, New York
Andy Rowe Roseville, California
  • Winner announcement, 23 May 1997.
    Winner announcement, 23 May 1997.

Endor hidden cards (1999)

In 1999 an Endor "hidden cards" contest asked players to name five Endor cards hidden in forest artwork.[23]

  • Hoth Contest graphic, November 1996.
    Hoth Contest graphic, November 1996.
  • The Dagobah Contest header, March 1997.
    The Dagobah Contest header, March 1997.
  • Easter Eggs gallery graphic, 1996.
    Easter Eggs gallery graphic, 1996.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hoth Contest, Decipher (1996). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  2. ↑ Snowtrooper Officer, Decipher (1996). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  3. ↑ Tauntaun Handler, Decipher (1996). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  4. ↑ Snowspeeder, Decipher (1996). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  5. ↑ Death Mark, Decipher (1996). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  6. ↑ Hoth Wampa Cave, Decipher (1996). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  7. ↑ The Decipher Easter Egg Hunt 1997, Decipher (March 1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  8. ↑ Hoth Easter Egg Contest Closes, Decipher (19 December 1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 The Dagobah Contest, Decipher (March 1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Puzzle 1, Decipher (March 1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 The Dagobah Contest, Decipher (17 March 1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  12. ↑ The Dagobah Contest, Decipher (17 March 1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  13. ↑ Puzzle 2, Decipher (March 1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 The Dagobah Contest, Decipher (March 1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  15. ↑ Puzzle 3, Decipher (March 1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 The Dagobah Contest, Decipher (March 1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  17. ↑ Puzzle 4, Decipher (March 1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 The Dagobah Contest, Decipher (March 1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  19. ↑ Puzzle 5, Decipher (March 1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 The Dagobah Contest, Decipher (March 1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  21. ↑ Design a Card Contest!, Decipher (1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  22. ↑ Guy Kargl Wins Star Wars CCG Card Design Contest, Rich Loftus, Decipher (23 May 1997). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  23. ↑ The DECIPHER Calendar: Spotlight – Hidden Endor cards, Decipher (1999). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
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